उपजाऊ

Hindi

Etymology

उपजना (upajnā) +‎ -आऊ (-āū).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.d͡ʒɑː.uː/, [ʊp.d͡ʒäː.uː]

Adjective

उपजाऊ • (upjāū) (indeclinable)

1. fertile, productive (soil)

   Synonym: उर्वर (urvar)

   यह ज़मीन बहुत उपजाऊ है, इसीलिए इतनी महँगी है।

   yah zamīn bahut upjāū hai, isīlie itnī mahaṅgī hai.

   This land is very fertile, that is why it is expensive.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उपजाऊ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 126